kebut

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kebut, from Proto-Malayic *kabut, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kabut. Doublet of kabut.

  • The colloquial senses are semantic loan from Betawi and Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “duster”), probably from Malay kebut (“to clean the dust”).
  • The speeding sense is a Javanese ꦏꦼꦧꦸꦠ꧀ (kebut, “to speed”), probably as extension of "to disappear" sense.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəˈbʊt̚/
  • Hyphenation: kê‧but

Verb

kêbut (base-imperative-colloquial kebut, active mengebut, passive dikebut)

  1. to disappear
    Synonym: hilang
  2. to speed: to go fast; to exceed the speed limit.

Noun

kêbut (first-person possessive kebutku, second-person possessive kebutmu, third-person possessive kebutnya)

  1. (colloquial) fan for shooing insect.
  2. (colloquial, soccer) the referee ('s signal flag).

Derived terms
  • kebut-kebutan
  • mengebut
  • mengebuti
  • mengebutkan
  • pengebut

Further reading
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